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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.update.internal.core;

  
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.*;
 import org.eclipse.update.core.*;
  
  /**
   * A site content consumer manages the storage or archives, plugins and
   * feature inside an <code> ISite</code>
   */
  
 public interface ISiteContentConsumer {

     /**
      * Stores a content reference into the SiteContentConsumer
      * @param contentReference the content reference to store
      * @param monitor the progress monitor
      * @throws CoreException if an error occurs storing the content reference
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public void store(ContentReference contentReference, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;

     /**
      * opens a Non plugin Entry for storage
      * @return the new FeatureContentConsumer for this <code>INonPluginEntry</code>
      * @throws CoreException if the opens is done on a FeatureContentConsumer parent other than an IFeature.
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public IContentConsumer open(INonPluginEntry nonPluginEntry) throws CoreException;

     /**
      * opens a Non plugin Entry for storage
      * @return the new FeatureContentConsumer for this <code>IPluginEntry</code>
      * @throws CoreException if the opens is done on a FeatureContentConsumer parent other than an IFeature.
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public IContentConsumer open(IPluginEntry pluginEntry) throws CoreException;
     
     /**
      * closes the opened SiteContentConsumer
      * @throws CoreException
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public IFeatureReference close() throws CoreException ;
     

     /**
      * aborts the opened SiteContentConsumer
      * @throws CoreException
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public void abort() throws CoreException;
     
 }



